Diversync Netcast

Season 10 Final Episode The Pandemic has a lot of casualties and the second half of Season 10 was one of them. Rich talks about the past few months and gives us a glimpse of the future of this podcast while recapping the last few months of this dismal year. Rich talks about dives he did, things that happened, people who made a difference and leaves us on a positive note for this show.

Season 10 Episode 37 Rich talks about a dive he did on a brand new shipwreck during the invite-only trip last week. This new shipwreck was really cool with lots of artifacts and ship fixtures just waiting to be explored. Rich also talks about the Labor Day holiday weekend where he taught an Open Water Certification and another Discover Scuba Experience.

Season 10 Episode 36 Rich does a very early morning podcast from his truck as he heads to Hammond, Indiana to dive a new shipwreck recently discovered in Lake Michigan. The past weekend in Milwaukee was a blowout so he is eager to get back in the water to explore this new found discovery.

Season 10 Episode 31 Rich talks about his dive on a Unicorn, the Whaleback SS Clifton! Talks about the latest covid-19 casualty, the Breast Cancer Fund Raiser.

Season 10 Episode 30 Rich talks about his trip to Isle Royale with his family including his kids. The trip during covid is to a pretty much empty and closed down Isle Royale which made for a truly remarkable and spectacular trip.

Season 10 Episode 29 Rich talks about the trip to Munising and his kids going with him to Isle Royale. He talks about the fun of taking his kids on trips that they can enjoy and the differences of life during a pandemic.

Season 10 Episode 28 Rich chats about the 500 episodes and 10 years of DiverSync and the revolution of Podcasting since. He also talks about the changes of diving in the past 10 years. His discussion is about what has happened in his own evolution. Coping with the dynamics of the pandemic has made the latest evolution pretty spectacular.

Season 10 Episode 27 Rich talks about the changes that have happened at Lake Wazee since his last time there in 2010. A lot seems to have happened in 10 year and the dives were pretty awesome even though they were a bit limited by this being a quarry. At over 300ft deep, this quarry was a pretty awesome body of water.

Season 10 Episode 26 Rich is heading to Lake Wazee to finish the Tec60CCR. Recorded in his truck, Rich talks about making the trip out of the necessity and using the opportunity that the cancellations covid-19 has brought. This course was made possible by the postponement of the Truk Lagoon Expedition.

Season 10 Episode 25 Rich talks about his week of diving after a spectacular weekend diving on a charter boat in Alpena in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Rich talks about a weather related Plan "C" that they did as an alternate dive and talked about the excitement of having things closer to normal.

Season 10 Episode 24 Rich talks about some of the stuff coming up that is causing him to change the way he does trips and charters. Specifically, he chats about the upcoming Alpena trip and the changes that have been made there. He also talks about changing to a Plan "C" trip and traveling to Milwaukee to finish an otherwise postponed Tec 60 CCR course.

Season 10 Episode 23 Rich does a podcast from his truck and gets excited about a new product being offered by Garmin. The Dive Case for the InReach Mini allows you to take a GPS locator and emergency beacon on a dive with you to a max depth of 330ft. Rich has been part of the test team for Garmin on this product since January and is excited to finally be able to talk about it.

Season 10 Episode 22 Rich talks about the diving he has been doing and the teaching that was done over the past week. He talks about the creativity of building a confined open water training area at White Star Quarry. Teaching during a lockdown has been challenging and Rich talks about that.

Season 10 Episode 21 Rich talks about the goal line being moved as Michigan's Governor extends her stay at home order again. Rich talks about the "newness" of cancelling trips, something that has never happened in his history as owner

Season 10 Episode 20 Rich talks about some of the online presentations he has done this week. He also talks about some of the training he is doing and what hopes he has for the future. The light is at the end of the tunnel and it is time to start thinking about what to do when this is over.

Season 10 Episode 19 Rich talks about how it it is difficult to find discussion points in a time with very little unique diving opportunities are presenting themselves. Keeping people actively thinking about diving through online seminars and group discussions are all discussed.

Season 10 Episode 18 Rich Talks about Diving the quarry with his family and how he has been keeping his divers in touch with each other and thinking about diving. Rich also has a story of a special guest in the Zoom Happy Hour.

Season 10 Episode 17 Rich talks about his week of online programs and teaching online. He talks about a class he taught where he did not get within 6ft of the student on the surface. Happy Hour Friday was crashed by a surprise guest. Governor of Michigan extended the stay home stay safe order.

Season 10 Episode 16 Rich talk about the creative ways he is getting in front of scuba divers and the diving and training he has been doing during this time of uncertainty. He also talks about how he is ready for this to all be over.

Season 10 Episode 15 Rich chats about how things are going in this bizarre scuba business environment. Being isolated and teaching at the same time to make sure the time is not wasted. He also talks about online programs and the new reality of teaching live while online.